How trees can improve water quality and manage flooding
Learn how planting trees can help manage flooding, improve water quality, and support aquatic habitats.
Overview
From natural flood management to improving the quality of water, woodland creation can bring many benefits to your land.
Watch our animation .
Get advice on in-line with the UK Forestry Standard requirements.
Find out about the support and funding available through the England Woodland Creation Offer.
Woods and water fact sheet
Read about the benefits that tree planting and woodland creation bring to water management and water quality in our fact sheet.
Stackable payments available for benefits to water
Under the England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO), your woodland creation scheme may be eligible for additional payments for the public goods your woodland provides. You could receive stackable payments up to 拢2,500/ha for benefits to water quality, reduced flood risk, and riparian buffers.
Other reading and resources
Find out more about the far-reaching benefits woods can bring to water with the further reading and resources below.
- (guest blog from Yorkshire Water and the National Trust)
- (guest blog from Eden Rivers Trust)
- (guest blog from Devon Wildlife Trust)
- (guest video case study from West Cumbria Rivers Trust)
Visit the tree planting and woodland creation overview page to learn more about the wider benefits of woodland, or read our case studies to see tree planting in action.
Updates to this page
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Added a link to 'creating and managing riparian woodland'.
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First published.